Example sentences of "their [adj] [noun pl] can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost . |
| 2 | All ‘ respondents ’ wear ear pads and ping-pong-ball goggles to ensure that their normal senses can not operate . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , whether the parties want compromise or a contest , their legal advisers can not satisfy them without a thorough knowledge of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ( " UCTA " ) , and of the underlying principles contained in the Sale of Goods Act 1979 ( " SGA " ) , and the Supply of Goods And Services Act 1982 ( " SGSA " ) . |
| 4 | Forty per cent of lone parents estimate that their former partners can not afford to pay ( or pay more ) maintenance ( Bradshaw and Millar , 1991 ) . |
| 5 | Children are seen as needing long-term substitute families if their own parents can not meet all their needs ; if for example , there is no consistent or affectionate relationship with the parent , or if contact is only sporadic . |
| 6 | This is because of the theological stance of some that people who have taken their own lives can not go to heaven , but instead go to hell eternally because the sin is viewed as such a serious one . |
| 7 | As to the melancholy or chronic mild depression which socialist totalitarianisms seem to induce , it is obvious that individuals who have not mastered oral , anal and phallic instinctual drives within their own personalities can not derive the gain in self-esteem , self-control and narcissistic self-satisfaction which the successful surmounting of an instinctual conflict always brings . |
| 8 | Most sellers will not wish to contract out of the right to sub-contract , since this gives them a very necessary flexibility in times of high demand , or if their own facilities can not produce the required goods for some reason . |